Hair Relaxer Claims | The Harris Firm LLC

Used Chemical Hair Relaxers and Diagnosed With Uterine or Ovarian Cancer? You May Have a Claim.

Women who used chemical hair relaxers and straighteners regularly for years and were later diagnosed with uterine or ovarian cancer are filing claims against the products’ manufacturers. The Harris Firm LLC is accepting these claims across Alabama — free consultation, no fee unless there is a recovery.

Relaxers were a regular part of life for generations of Alabama women — every six to eight weeks, year after year. If that was you and you were later diagnosed with uterine or ovarian cancer, one free phone call tells you whether you have a claim.

What the Hair Relaxer Lawsuits Allege

For decades, chemical relaxers were marketed as a routine beauty product — something applied at the salon or from a box at home every six to eight weeks, often starting in childhood. What the packaging never said is that many of these products contained phthalates and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals: compounds that interfere with the body’s hormones, applied directly to a scalp that absorbs them, often through burns and lesions the products themselves caused.

In October 2022, a National Institutes of Health study that followed more than 33,000 women reported that frequent relaxer users had a significantly higher rate of uterine cancer than women who never used them. Research has also examined links between relaxer use and ovarian cancer. Within weeks of the NIH study, women began filing suit, and the cases were consolidated into coordinated federal litigation that continues to accept new claims.

The lawsuits allege the manufacturers — including the major brands sold in every drugstore and beauty supply in Alabama — knew their products contained hazardous chemicals and marketed them aggressively anyway, without a word of warning.

Who Can Bring a Hair Relaxer Claim

The strongest hair relaxer claims generally combine two things:

1. Regular, long-term use. Chemical relaxers or straighteners applied several times a year — at a salon or at home — for multiple years. Most qualifying women used these products for a decade or more, often beginning as girls. Which brands you used matters less than how long and how often.

2. A qualifying diagnosis. Uterine (endometrial) cancer is the core condition in this litigation, and ovarian cancer claims are also being accepted. Many qualifying women underwent a hysterectomy as part of treatment.

You will not need salon receipts from 1998. Your own account of your hair care history, plus your medical records, is where these claims start — and we build the record with you.

Compensation in Hair Relaxer Cases

Uterine and ovarian cancer mean surgery — often a hysterectomy — chemotherapy or radiation, lost fertility for younger women, and years of follow-up. Compensation in these claims can account for medical expenses past and future, lost income, and the physical and emotional toll, including the loss of the ability to have children. Families who lost a loved one may have a wrongful death claim, which our probate attorneys can coordinate under the same roof.

We do not quote settlement numbers on websites. We document your claim so it is valued on your facts — your use history, your diagnosis, your treatment — not an average.

How Your Hair Relaxer Claim Works

Handled from Alabama, by an Alabama firm — with national trial co-counsel where your case benefits from it.

Hair Relaxer Claims — Frequently Asked Questions

Find Out If You Qualify — Free

One free phone call tells you whether your relaxer history and diagnosis qualify, and what happens next. No obligation, no fee unless you recover.